Some of German hip-hop’s most potent cuts come courtesy of P.A. Sports, both as an MC and as founder of indie record label Life is Pain. Thanks to albums like H.A.Z.E. (2014) and Zurück zum Glück (2016), he has become a fixture across German-speaking Europe, firing heavy-duty gangsta bars over heart-stirring hooks. But he also drops fire in his collabs, which boast Top 10 albums with rapper Kianush and pop ventures with singer-songwriter Einfach Sinan. But despite his hard edge, P.A. never veers too far from a core message of social justice and tolerance.